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Saturday, 11 February 2012

Paedophile Investigation Report Shelved

The Vatican shelved an investigation into
allegations that a priest sexually abused a teenage girl in the sacristy at the
parish it has emerged.

Are you thinking, oh no, here we go again? Well,
don’t stress, the line you have just read was actually altered by me. The
original line can be found in The
Telegraph and it reads as follows:

“The BBC shelved a Newsnight investigation into allegations that Sir
Jimmy Savile sexually abused a teenage girl in his dressing room at Television
Centre, it has emerged.”

What is even more horrifying is the reasoning
given by the BBC for its decision. A BBC spokesman is quoted as saying:

“The extreme nature of the claims about Savile meant that the Newsnight
report was going to seriously compromise the lavish BBC tributes scheduled to
run later the same month. And second, the allegations directly involved the
BBC, in that the woman who gave the interview said that she and others were
abused by Savile on BBC premises.”

Amazing. The BBC would rather retain its lavish
tributes to a paedophile than paint the man in a bad light. I wonder of it
would have been as considerate and accommodating of a Roman Catholic priest in
similar circumstances. (Remember the way the media treated Fr. Kevin
Reynolds.)

Can you imagine the hype if it had emerged that
the Vatican had covered up this story of a 14-year-old girl being sexually
abused in order to protect the image of a priest or the Church?

Since the death of Savile, the BBC has still not
aired this investigative report!

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